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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy

i think NYers are tired of being taxed for everything and its starting to catch up to you with your business.

NYers pay the highest property taxes in the country.

you can't even buy a sliced bagel in NY without being taxed. if you don't have it sliced there's no tax if you want it sliced they have to charge.

its has the cute name of being called the schmear tax.

it was just a matter of time before NYers refused to shop in there state in an effort to avoid some of the tax burdens they have.

I can't imagine property taxes being higher than New Jersey, LOL.

we don't pay sales taxes at all.....heh heh heh. (just enourmous property taxes!)

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Originally Posted by quiltilicious

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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy

I can't imagine property taxes being higher than New Jersey, LOL.

of course they are - thats why NYers move to jersey - their money goes further both in price and taxes.

http://www.capnypropertytaxes.com/facts.php

We spend winters in southern AL, the region we stay in has the HIGHEST sales tax in the US. (was 9%, they just voted to raise it to 10%) This is a total of state and local taxes.
All they are doing is hurting the local business, I know a lot of snowbirds make a trip to nearby FL once a month (sales tax about 5%) to stock up on groceries and other purchases.
They passed the increase by playing the school card, "Oh we need more money for the kids, boo hoo..." yeah right like the extra money is really going to improve the schools and not go into the administrators pockets.

I support local stores so they'll still be here next year. I like to look in store at fabrics, see how colors/patterns work together for a quilt project. I'll buy on-line at discount backing fabrics.

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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy

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Originally Posted by quiltilicious

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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy

I can't imagine property taxes being higher than New Jersey, LOL.

of course they are - thats why NYers move to jersey - their money goes further both in price and taxes.

http://www.capnypropertytaxes.com/facts.php

I guess it depends on how you look at the numbers (and it's amazing how statistics can be manipulated).
According to this site, http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/1888.html
NY beats out NJ in Taxes as % of home value, but if you look at Median property taxes paid on homes, NY and NJ share the top 10 slots... and those 2 states fill up the top 20 slots (with one CT county) :)

Either way, we should move to Louisiana, which has the lowest property taxes in the nation

No, but there's an internet store I refuse to do buisness with because I lived close to her store and saw how she ripped people off in the guild when she taught a quilt class.

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Originally Posted by ptquilts

We spend winters in southern AL, the region we stay in has the HIGHEST sales tax in the US. (was 9%, they just voted to raise it to 10%) This is a total of state and local taxes.

Would you be upset with me if I took comfort in the fact that now I'm NOT in the area with the highest sales tax?

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Originally Posted by Favorite Fabrics

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Originally Posted by ptquilts

We spend winters in southern AL, the region we stay in has the HIGHEST sales tax in the US. (was 9%, they just voted to raise it to 10%) This is a total of state and local taxes.

Would you be upset with me if I took comfort in the fact that now I'm NOT in the area with the highest sales tax?

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

NO.
I never thought about boycotting my own shops because i have to pay taxes. I believe you should ALWAYS shop as locally as possible and help the economy in your own back yard and i have accepted the necessity of paying taxes my whole life. I can not imagine punishing a shop because it shares the same state as me, i think it is a priveledge to be able to shop with them.
even when i lived in Washington state right across the river from Oregon, i did not cross the river to save on sales tax, i paid my taxes as required by law.